Ivan Gazidis

[Mark Tobias]

This is my problem with him , what the **** has he been doing , Dortmund has more commerical revenue than us :confused:? We are easily a more visible brand than they are , even the Wenger out placards at every sporting event in the World .

You've been on form lately!

 

[A_G]

 

[AVENTUS]

Should of done his ages ago. Arsenal think so slow it’s unbelievable. Always playing catch-up financially and sportingly.

Arsenal’s big financial challenge is commercial amid annual gaps to the two Manchester clubs that have been calculated at more than £100 million.

We need to win trophy’s and sign top players to close that gap sponsorship won’t help. Were not as attractive as we once was and probably have more cash reserves then anybody else.

Have to win cups and the Europa should be first on the agenda

 

[celestis]

Good stuff we need the revenue for Pogba

 

[6gunner]

We won’t compete commercially with either Manchester club for quite a while. MU signed Chevrolet to a long term deal that was priced so ridiculously high it got the VP of Marketing fired shortly thereafter. MC owners on the other hand control a country and will have other companies they control pay “sponsorships” at whatever level is needed to win and comply with FFP (the actual value of the sponsorship being effectively irrelevant).

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

We won’t compete commercially with either Manchester club for quite a while. MU signed Chevrolet to a long term deal that was priced so ridiculously high it got the VP of Marketing fired shortly thereafter. MC owners on the other hand control a country and will have other companies they control pay “sponsorships” at whatever level is needed to win and comply with FFP (the actual value of the sponsorship being effectively irrelevant).

Even more ridiculous, Chevy was already planning on massively reducing / shuttering operations in Europe at the time (which already clashed with GM's Opel & Vauxhall). Totally insane decision. Unfortunately for us, they'll probably get a similarly insane deal when it expires in 2021.

But hey -- at least it's private money. Way more morally defensible than a despotic nation wasting its people's should-be-wealth on footballers (indirectly, of course, as the 'private' individuals nominally 'own' the assets, etc.).

 

[celestis]

Even more ridiculous, Chevy was already planning on massively reducing / shuttering operations in Europe at the time (which already clashed with GM's Opel & Vauxhall). Totally insane decision. Unfortunately for us, they'll probably get a similarly insane deal when it expires in 2021.

But hey -- at least it's private money. Way more morally defensible than a despotic nation wasting its people's should-be-wealth on footballers (indirectly, of course, as the 'private' individuals nominally 'own' the assets, etc.).

Wonder how they did that , VP must have got a serious comission from MU.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

No idea where to put this except this thread.

 

[The_Playmaker]

I'm actually excited by this summer. We could have a new manager and a lot of new players judging by how we handled our business on January.

You have to imagine that Mslintat has looked at our squad and sees the gaping holes on the wing, in midfield and at the back.

 

[scytheavatar]

I'm actually excited by this summer. We could have a new manager and a lot of new players judging by how we handled our business on January.

You have to imagine that Mslintat has looked at our squad and sees the gaping holes on the wing, in midfield and at the back.

We don't have an unlimited amount of funds, we blew a lot of money the last 2 transfer windows, not just on transfer fees but also wages, and finishing outside the top 4 again will drastically affect our ability to deal with those "gaping holes". We probably will need to sell in order to buy, you think we can get someone to buy Xhaka from us?

 

[field442]

We don't have an unlimited amount of funds, we blew a lot of money the last 2 transfer windows, not just on transfer fees but also wages, and finishing outside the top 4 again will drastically affect our ability to deal with those "gaping holes". We probably will need to sell in order to buy, you think we can get someone to buy Xhaka from us?

We’re in profit for the last two windows and the wage bill will have only gone up slightly after all the ins and outs. We announced record turnover of £422m and £45m profit in our last financial results and have £140m cash reserves. We could comfortably spend £100m.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

I'm actually excited by this summer. We could have a new manager and a lot of new players judging by how we handled our business on January.

You have to imagine that Mslintat has looked at our squad and sees the gaping holes on the wing, in midfield and at the back.

We’re in profit for the last two windows and the wage bill will have only gone up slightly after all the ins and outs. We announced record turnover of £422m and £45m profit in our last financial results and have £140m cash reserves. We could comfortably spend £100m.

It’ll be more exciting and we could spend even more if we qualify for Champions League. Fingers crossed for a miracle?

 

[scytheavatar]

We’re in profit for the last two windows and the wage bill will have only gone up slightly after all the ins and outs. We announced record turnover of £422m and £45m profit in our last financial results and have £140m cash reserves. We could comfortably spend £100m.

And what can £100m buy you in today's market? That £140m cash reserves is peanuts in today's transfer market and will be gone quickly if you don't use it wisely.

 

[Windowlicker]

This assumption that we can't compete with the Manchester **** financially has to stop. I thought that the last 15 years proved to everyone that what matters is the players you choose to spend the money and not how much you spend. We need to be alert to potencial business - Out of contract players, relegated players in the top 5 leagues etc you dont have to spend 200m every summer to compete today even if there are clubs doing that.

 

[Longy]

We’re in profit for the last two windows and the wage bill will have only gone up slightly after all the ins and outs. We announced record turnover of £422m and £45m profit in our last financial results and have £140m cash reserves. We could comfortably spend £100m.

This is misunderstood.
It's called reserves because they are reserves.

We need a 100m injection (addition) into the squad but it won't be coming from the reserves.

 

[field442]

This is misunderstood.
It's called reserves because they are reserves.

We need a 100m injection (addition) into the squad but it won't be coming from the reserves.

The figures showed Arsenal spent a total of £110.5m on players last summer when they bought Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Perez and Rob Holding, with Japanese striker Takuma Asano and Nigerian teenager Kelechi Nwakali also being signed.

That was a record for the club and higher than most initial estimates, which had put the total outlay at between £90m and £100m.

Arsenal made only £6.3m on selling players, most of that from Serge Gnabry and Isaac Hayden.

The figures meant the club's cash reserves dropped by about £35m, with a total of £100.4m now available for football purposes.

http://www.espn.com/soccer/arsenal/...-rise-20-percent-but-clubs-cash-reserves-drop

That’s not to say all the cash reserves can be spent but it’s part of the equation. Also the fees are usually spread out across the length of the contract so even if we spend £100m it doesn’t necessarily mean that will be how much cash is going out of the club that summer.

 

[Gooner Zig]

This is misunderstood.
It's called reserves because they are reserves.

We need a 100m injection (addition) into the squad but it won't be coming from the reserves.

I don't know in what context you mean by 'reserves'. Our cash balance is what it is. If the club one day said they would blow all 150M available to it - it could do it. Not saying they should, but there's nothing stopping them (other than Kroenke perhaps ) from doing it.

 

[al-Ustaadh]

 

[DanDare]

So how does Gazidis score at the moment?

- Pushing forward with more commercial deals
- Hired a DoF in the combination of Sanelhi and Mislintat
- As such, has diluted Wenger’s powers in preparation for his departure
- Over seen recruitment of Auba and Özil reneweal
- Overseen the Sanchez debacle
- Still far behind rivals on commercial revenue (hampered by lack of top level success)

 

[krengon]

https://www.arsenal.com/news/emirates-and-arsenal-sign-record-deal